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ambulatory

 
Dictionary: am·bu·la·to·ry   (ăm'byə-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or adapted for walking.
    1. Capable of walking; not bedridden: an ambulatory patient.
    2. Designed for or available to patients who are not bedridden: ambulatory care; ambulatory pediatrics.
  2. Moving about; itinerant.
  3. Law. That can be changed or revoked, as a will during the life of the testator.
n., pl. -ries.

A covered place for walking, as in a cloister.

ambulatorily am'bu·la·to'ri·ly adv.
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Antonyms: ambulatory
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adj

Definition: changing position
Antonyms: steady, stiff, unchanging


 
Architecture: ambulatory
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1. A passageway around the apse of a church, or for circumambulating a shrine.
2. A covered walk of a cloister.

ambulatory, 2


 
Archaeology Dictionary: ambulatory
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Covered portico surrounding the inner shrine of a temple.

 
Law Encyclopedia: Ambulatory
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration.

An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved.

An ambulatory disposition is a judgment, decree, or sentence that is subject to change, amendment, or revocation.

A will is considered ambulatory because as long as the person who made it lives, it can always be changed or revoked.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Able to walk.

pronunciation The ambulatory patients didn't need wheelchairs.

 
Wikipedia: Ambulatory
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Gothic ambulatory at Saint-Denis

The ambulatory (Med. Lat. ambulatorium, a place for walking, from ambulare, to walk) is the covered passage around a cloister; a term applied sometimes to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar.

Aisles that line the nave extend through the transept and continue in a half-circle that runs behind the apse. Along the ambulatory, there are small chapels (chantries). This modification by Romanesque architects allowed visitors to move freely around the altar without disturbing the monks' devotions.


 
Translations: Ambulatory
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ambulatorisk
n. - korgang, klostergang

Nederlands (Dutch)
verplaatsbaar, ambulant, te wijzigen, wandelplaats

Français (French)
adj. - ambulatoire
n. - déambulatoire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ambulatorisch, Wander-, ambulant
n. - Arkade (Kloster), Wandelbahn

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περιπατητικός, βαδιστικός
n. - περιστύλιο, στεγασμένος χώρος περιπάτου

Italiano (Italian)
ambulatorio, ambulante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ambulatório, ambulante, alterável (Jur.), capaz de andar (Med.), instável, modificável
n. - ambulatório (m) (Med.), arcada (f) (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
амбулаторный, способный ходить

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ambulante, relativo al andar o al pasear
n. - paseo, galería , ambulatorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ambulerande, kringvandrande
n. - valvgång, rundgång

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
走动的, 非固定的, 流动的, 回廊

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 走動的, 非固定的, 流動的
n. - 回廊

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 보행의, 일시적인
n. - 복도, 유보장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 屋根付きの遊歩場, 歩行用付属肢, 回廊
adj. - 歩行の, 遊歩用の, 移動性の, 変更できる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قادر على المشي (الاسم) نقال, جوال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נייד, מותאם להליכה, מתהלך, של הליכה, לא-קבוע‬
n. - ‮ברבים: מקום להליכה, בייחוד אכסדרה בכנסיה או במנזר‬


 
 

 

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